On the surface, not much has changed inside the walls of Oswald State Penitentiary. Schillinger has revenge on his mind, Cyril is facing execution, Beecher is hoping for parole, and McManus is finding solace in a meditative maze. But there's toil and trouble brewing in the Oz cauldron, as the Oz players rehearse for their presentation of Macbeth and the climactic final act.

2001 - National Council on Crime And Delinquency: PASS Award Entertainment Industries Council Awards: CERTIFICATE OF MERIT National Council of La Raza Alma Awards: OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES for Rita Moreno

1999 - The New York Festivals: SILVER WORLD MEDALCasting Society of America: OUTSTANDING ACHEIVEMENT IN DRAMATIC EPISODIC CASTING for Alexa Fogel32nd Annual WorldFest - Houston International Film Festival: BRONZE AWARD IN THE TELEVISION & CABLE PRODUCTION - TV SERIES - Dramatic division Primetime EMMY Awards: OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A SERIES

2013

Writers Guild of America (East and West) 101 Best Written TV Series of All TimeOz(#101)

All Around the best tv series ever written, produced, and directed. The acting was rediculously good and set the standard for modern day tv dramas. The only bad thing I can say is it had to end. Till this day I wish they would do just ONE MORE SEASON. Please HBO come back for one more...I'm dying for it.

This is one of those '1001 FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE' dvds... Up there with 'SIX FEET UNDER'.This is the kind of thing that changes lives... moves the world forward...makes you question everything you were told about life...and of course, totaly raises the bench mark for film making...you'll know this is the real deal by the way you feel when you see just how powerful and sincere are the performances given... utterly spellbinding...this will affect your psyche... this is not casual viewing and its not over the top to say this is Shakespear for a new generation...you'll want to see the whole series again!My only regret is that I wasn't lucky enough to be in it... Thats the effect it had on me! For anyone who's experienced the pain of loss or for anyone who feels that the human race is 'doomed'...trust me, this will hurt even more...only to leave you, in the end...with the feeling that your never realy alone.